Lots of our friends and family members joined us for a great birthday celebration this past Sunday. Paw-Paw and Parin worked hard grilling burgers and hot dogs for everyone to eat. Grannie made sure I took a good restful nap then got me ready for the party. And Daddy, Mommy, Uncle James, and Aunt Emmy spent lots of time getting the room set up, decorating, and getting the other food and drinks ready. We had a great party! As everyone began arriving, we all visited and had lunch.
More pictures of people arriving... I see I'm on the side in Aunt Shane's arms... there's Aunt Jean, my cousin Jenny, Aunt Emmy, and David... Everyone at hamburgers and hot dogs!
Then... it was time for cake!
Much to the disappointment of most people, I really wasn't interested in the cake. I'm just not much of a sweets person. But I id want to kiss George on the cake!
Then, I got to open all the fabulous gifts our guests gave me!
I may not have been very interested in the cake, but I sure did want a cookie sucker! (I've seen them in my house all week - wouldn't you have wanted one, too?) And I just had to kiss "George" on the cookie!
Our neighbors Shelly and Finn (Jonas didn't make this picture!) came! They moved into our neighborhood just a few months before we did, and ironically she went to Tech with Mommy and Daddy, so they already knew each other!
More pictures of people arriving... I see I'm on the side in Aunt Shane's arms... there's Aunt Jean, my cousin Jenny, Aunt Emmy, and David... Everyone at hamburgers and hot dogs!
Then... it was time for cake!
Much to the disappointment of most people, I really wasn't interested in the cake. I'm just not much of a sweets person. But I id want to kiss George on the cake!
Then, I got to open all the fabulous gifts our guests gave me!
After I opened all my gifts, Mommy and Grannie served up plates of ice cream and cupcakes for everyone! Gram and Aunt Lori passed them out. It looks like Katherine was really enjoying her ice cream!
I may not have been very interested in the cake, but I sure did want a cookie sucker! (I've seen them in my house all week - wouldn't you have wanted one, too?) And I just had to kiss "George" on the cookie!
We also had a "George" piniata. It was a pull-piniata, so instead of being blindfolded to swing a stick at it, we all just got to pull a long ribbon to open it!
We planned to go swimming, but we got a phone call early that morning that the pump to the pool went out, so we didn't get to use the pool. That was okay, though - we played on the playground instead!
Is this Garrett or Elliott - not sure??
Parin was really tired from all the hard work he did making my birthday weekend so incredibly special! Thanks Parin - I love you!!
We had a great weekend! Thanks to everyone for celebrating with us! We're so excited that we live in Louisiana and can enjoy events like this with our dear friends and family!
(Mommy has great video of me with the cake and other things from the weekend, but she's having a difficult time getting it to upload to the blog. She'll try again another day this weekend!)
Oh - that ice is really really cold!!!
Everyone really enjoyed their cupcakes! 
